noun
Liancourt Rocks dispute
Refers specifically to the territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea over the Liancourt Rocks (known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korea).
竹島問題は日韓関係の大きな課題の一つだ。
The Takeshima/Dokdo dispute is one of the major issues in Japan–South Korea relations.
彼は竹島問題について論文を書いた。
He wrote a paper on the Liancourt Rocks dispute.
Compound of 竹島 (Takeshima, the Japanese name for the Liancourt Rocks) and 問題 (problem, issue).